EUTF Sub-County Advisory Board trainings were conducted in Ukusijoni, Itirikwa, Ciforo and Pachara Sub-counties in Adjumani district

The training workshops were carried out to orient the selected Sub County Advisory Board (SAB) on the selection criteria for the project beneficiaries in the allocated sub counties of operation to gain their full support in beneficiary identification process. The identification process targets host and refugee communities living in and around the refugee settlements. As direct users of energy and natural resources, refugees and host populations face limited access to alternatives and use of renewable energy making this a key priority in environment protection.

The workshops were conducted in the four sub counties of operation; i.e. Itirikwa, Ukusijoni, Ciforo and Pachara.

Specific objectives

• To raise awareness about the project to sub county advisory board members in the four sub counties of operation.
• To orient the selected board members on their roles and responsibilities in project implementation.
• To orient the advisory board members on the selection criteria for the project beneficiaries.
• To train the selected sub county advisory board on the use of the beneficiary profiling tools that will be used in the identification process of targeted project beneficiaries

Conclusion

Sub-County Advisory board trainings were successfully conducted in 4 Sub-Counties in Adjumani district and 35 Board members were trained. Presentations covered the activities to be conducted as far as the project is concerned, roles of the Sub-County Advisory board in the implementation of the project, beneficiary selection criteria, the target beneficiaries, number of beneficiaries to be selected in each host and refugee community. The Advisory board members actively participated and pledged total commitment to support implementation of the project to achieve desired project objectives. There is a lot of environmental destruction in the community and limited awareness on existing environmental laws and policies for example, deforestation for charcoal, wood fuel, among others as stated by some members. Therefore, the SACAOs urged awareness seminars to be extended to the grass root levels and tasked every board member to be the Ambassadors of this project in the communities they lead.

Sub-county advisory board trainings in the sub-counties Itirikwa, Ukusijoni, Ciforo and Pachara, Adjumni District